1934-02-28 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1934.

MLLE. MARYSE

HITLZ LEAVES

FOR SHANGHAI Unexpected Arrival In Hong Kong Yesterday. THIRD PARIS TO TOKYO FLIGHT

Mlle. Maryse Hitz. the famous French aviatrix, left Hong Kong: at 7.15 a.m. to-day on the contin- - untion of her fight to Tokyu viaj Shanghai, and hopes to reach the latter city at 2 p.m.

Mlle. Hitz who is on her third; Paris to Tokyo flight, made an un-Į expected arrival at Kai Tak aero- drome yesterday afternoon at 4.45 p.m.. in the course of which she created a new Hangi to Hong Kong record of four and a halfj hours for the 650 miles.

Flying Brequet monoplane : with a 650 b.p. Hispano-Suiza en- gine which was presented to her by the French Ministry in recogni. tion of her feat last year in break- ing the recorit from Saigon to Paris.

Mile. Hilze left Paris on

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To-day's Short Story.

ON

UDORE

LEAVE

By Henri Barbusse.

sat down awhile, "Well, you've seen your wife, your

E there by the roadside well, little Muriette the only girl in the

open

betore taking the path over the world-that you could never fields that led to the trenches, your jaw without telling as a tale his hands crossed over one knee, about, eh?"

This pale face uplifted. He had no moustache under his nose →→ only

Eudore's wan,face winced,

"My wife? Yes, I saw her, aure

a little fiat smear over each cor- enough, but only for a little while- ner of his mouth. He whistled there was the best I could do-but and then yawned in the face of no luck, I adruit, and that's all about the morning till the tears came. it."

An artilleryman who was quarter- ed on the edge of the wood-over there where a line of horses and carts looked like a gipsies' bivouac -came up, with two canvas buckets that danced at the end of his arms in time with his feet. In front of the sleepy unarmed soldier with a bulging bag he stopped short.

"On leave?"

"Yes," said Eudore; "just back." "Good for you," said the gunner as he made off. "You've nothing to grumble at-with six days' leave in your pocket!"

Then four men came down the raad, their gait heavy and slow, their bools turned into enormous caricatures of boots by reason of the mud. As one man they stopped on espying the profile of Endore.

"There's Eudore! Hello, Eudore! Hello, old spor!! You're back then!" they cried together, as they

Lane, Crawfords' And hurried up and offered him hands

V.R.C. Involved.

CASE ADJOURNED

as big and ruddy as if they were hidden in woollen gloves.

"How's that?"

"How? You know that we live at Villers-l'Abbaye, a hamlet of four houses., neither more пог Jesi, straddling over the road. One of those is our cafe, and she runs it, or rather she is running it again, since they gave up shelling the vil lage.

"Now then, with my leave coming along, she asked, for a permit to Mont-St.-Eloi, where my old folks! are, and my permit was for Mont- St.-Elol. See the move↑

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"Being a little womin with

Mile, Maryse Ritz

headpiece, you know, she had applied "Morning. boys," said Eudore. for her permit long before the date: January 27 with the intention of

"Had a good time? What have when my leave was expected. All attacking the Paris --Tokyo record. |

you got to tell us, old man?"

the same, my leave came before her but bad weather dogged her and Estimates for the coming year A serious charge was lodged "Yes," replied Endore, "not so permit. Spite o' that I set off---for incessant ruins forced her to land were presented at the London against a local European at the bad,"

one doesn't let his term in the com- "We've been on wine fatigue, and pany go by, eh? So I stayed with at Aleppo where she was compell-County Council Meeting yesterday. Central Police Court this morning. oil to stay for to days.

London's Budget anticipates ex- when W. A. Tanner, an unemployed we've finished. Let's go back to the old people, and waited. 1 like! All hopes of a record gone, Mlle. penditure during the coming finan-American, against whom an explu [gether--what!"

'em well enough, but got down in Hitlz decided to continue the rest (cial year of over £29,500,000 a re-¦sion order from the Colony WELS In single file they went down the the mouth all the same. As for of the fight in leisurely fashion durtion of £500,000 on last year's made last Friday, appeared before embankment of the road; arm-in-them, it was enough that they could and consequently spent four days figure.

Mr. S. Balfour with obtaining $40 farm they crossed the field of grey see me, and it worried them that i in Bangkok 'and a week in Salgon. A considerable sum is allotted to' from Messrs. Lans. Crawford.mud, where their feet fell with the was bored by their company-what

She left Saigon on Monday, ar- | housing, mainly slum clearance Limited, by false pretences.

sound of dough being mixed in the else could you expect? At the end riving at Hangi the same day. and improvements.

Detective Sergeant Mottram kneading-trough, The departure from Hanoi was There is a reduction of 2d. in prosecuted, and the defendant plead- made at 12.15 p.m. (Hong Kong|rates to 6/11⁄2d in the pound.-Brl-jed not guilty. time), and, encountering good wea tish Wireless Service. ther for the first time since *he

lefi Paris the 650 miles to

Hong

Kong were covered in four and a MILITARY COMMAND

half hours, actual flying time.

On her arrival at Kai Tack, she Was met by the French Consul

General. M de la Prade. the Civil Superintendant of the Aerodrome, a representative of the Asiatic Pe- truleum Company and civil avia. tion officials.

CHANGE.

General Sir J. B. Stuart

To Take New Post.

11 was alleged that on November 26, last, as a visiting member of the Victoria Recreation Club, the

defendant uniawfully obtained $40 from Meaurs. Lane, Crawford, behalf of the Club in payment of an

On

advertisement inserted in the Club's

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of the sixth day-at the finish of my leave, and the very evening be- fore returning-a young man on a bicycle, the son of the Florence family, brings me a letter from Muriette to say that her permit had not yet come—-—-”

"Ab. rotten luck!" cried the audience,

"And that," continued Eudore, Interport Swimming programme.

"there was only one thing to do- The defendant was alleged ta The latest Treasury returns show was to get leave from the Mayor have received the money from Mr. that the ordinary revenue for the of Mont-St.-Elal, who would get it London, To-day T. M. L. Redmond, accountant of the current year up to February 24, from the military, and go myself at General Sir John Burnett Stuart firm, and signed his own name on amounted to £631,766,084.

full speed to see her at Villere." After seeing her plane over has been appointed General Offeer the Club's receipt.

At the corresponding date of last, "You should have done that the hauled. Mtle Hillz saw to the re Commanding-in-Chief. Southern Evidence was given by Mr. P. A. year, the amount stood at £633,749,- first day, not the sixth!" fuelling and then left for the Pen-Command, in succession to the late Dixon. Hon. Secretary of the V.R.C. 452.

"So it seems, but I was afraid wej insula Hotel where she rested.

From Shanghai she will proceed tish Wireless Service.

General Sir Percy Radcliffe.—Bri-|who said that the defendant had no

Ordinary expenditure to date for should cross and me miss her-y'see, authority to collect the account. the current year totalled £696,392,- as soon as I landed, I was expecting to Tokyo, and after a short.stay in

General Sir John Burnett-Stuart, The defendant in evidence said 255, as compared with £134,222,- her all the time, and every minute Japan will commence the return K.C.B.. K.B.E., C.B. C.M.G., D.SO., that he made an agreement with 340 at the corresponding date of I fancied I could see her at the open light to Paris, proceeding along late of the Rifle Brigade, has been the V.I.C. to collect advertisements a year,-British Wireless Ser-door. So I did as she told me."

General - Officer - Commanding the for their programme and to retain vice. She intends to stay in Hong British Troops in Egypt since 1931. the proceeds of anime, the Club to

the same route.

Kong for three or four days on the return night.

From 1922 until 1926 he was receive the proceeds of the sale of Director of Military Operations and programmen. Later he was told by The last time she visited Hong Intelligence at the War Office and Mr. Dixon that he would only re- Kong was in April last year, on from 1926 until 1930 he comman-celve half of the proceeds of the her second flight to the Far East.dered the Third Division.

On her previous tight to Japan with Lemaire she made a record

for the Paris-Handi section, cover-

ing it in 6 duys 4 hours.

Fast Flying.

Mile.

In last year's Hight. Hitz, although dogged by bad weather, did some remarkable fly- ing, covering one stage of more than 7,000 miles in less than six days. On the return flight the renched Paris from Saigon in seven days.

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"After all, you saw her?" "Just one day, or rather, just one night."

“Quite suffleient!" said Lamuse grinning, and Eudore. pale and serious, shook his head under the shower of suggestive remarks that followed.

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Landon. To-day. W. Lawson Butt, and Eric T. Fri- When Mr. J. McGovern, the "Shut your great mouths for five. man on behalf of the defendant. Labour member for Shettleston,minutes, chaps."

The hearing was adjourned until Glasgow, asked the Prime Minister, "Get on with it, kid."

"There isn't much to tell," said to-morrow morning, Mr. Bulfour in- in the House of Commons, yester- timating that he would like to call day afternoon, that time should be Eudore. Mr. Ainslie, of Mesars. Lane, Craw-given to discuss the proposal that "Well, then, you were saying you fords', as a witness. The defendant the representatives of the unem had got the hump with your people?”, was granted bail in $100,,

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tricks-and of the Government and the Bill now little spoiled-kid

I before Parliament was designed to noticed they were still slanging each make possible an improvement in other in the old familiar way. But the lot of those who wese unfor- talk about a difference!

I always tunately unemployed.

had my eye on the door to see if Press telegrams 'state that great, He added, "The views of all sec-some time or other it wouldn't get satisfaction is expressed at the tions of the people are made known a move on and turn into a woman. His place at Amsterdam will be Quay D'Orsay at the contents of in this House through their elected So I went and saw the Mayor, and She orginally left Paris on the taken by Mr. Buchan, formerly Bri- the British note regarding the representatives, and in the opinion set off, yesterday, towards two in present fight on October 3 last tish Consul at Baltimore-British Anglo-French commercial rela-of the Government, no

advantage the afternoon-towards fourteen tions, received there yesterday.would be gained by acceding to the o'clock I might well say, seeing that British Wireless Service,

honourable member's, request.” I had been counting the hours since After further discussion, it was the day before! I had just one day arranged that the motion should be of my leave left then. discussed at the conclusion of last "As we drew near in the dusk,

London, To-day. It was stated at the Foreign Office, yesterday, that the status of Amazon of the Air.

the Consular poat at Danzig having Her present machine, which is been raised to a Consulate-General, equipped with a 650 h.p. Hispano- Mr. L. M. Robinson, who is Sulza engine, was presented to British Consul at Amsterdam, where her by the French Air Ministry in be holds the rank of Consul-General,Į recognition of her feat last year in has been promoted and appointed to. breaking the record from Saigon fill the post at Danzig. to Paris,

year, but was obliged to return Wireless Service.

after reaching Vienna owing to bad weather. On taking off again

a few days later, she slightly dam-

aged her machine, and the fight was postponed until January,

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